Macklemore do you think he'll have sustained success?

[5th Letter]

so u think macklemore blowing up eventually means no more artists like j. cole on the radio? thats ridiculous. if thats the cause it woulda been a wrap YEARS ago

Of course established artists are gonna eat on urban radio. But if you a new artist and you don't have that sound. Then you're shit outta luck. Wait til this current trap sound phases out and it gets replaced with "can't hold us" and "thrift shop" sounding records. Macklemore is just the beginning.

Neither one of those records are a "new" sound..."Can't Hold Us" sounds like beats Danja Handz or Timbaland usta make..."Thrift Shop" sounds like some old 80's fun record...Stop it.

I'm not literally saying its a new sound. I'm saying that that Macklemore sound could be the main thing we hear on urban radio. It's a slow transition going on and it's happening right under our noses. They played Kesha records on urban radio last year. They're playing Mirrors by JT and that's not an urban song, plus Macklemore, Bruno Mars, Adam Levine etc all currently getting their music played on urban radio. Now wait in a few more years and mainstream hip hop is gonna be really pop sounding.

 

[Gee_has_hot_picture]

this cracker is a God Damn homo. Any nigga comparing civil rights to homo rights deserves to die a slow death. I'm sure 99% of his fans are also homo who relate to that homo song

I think you should mention the word 'homo' more in your post. You didn't seem to get your point off very clearly.

some people dont have an education to make the connection, look at the sheep following the trayvon martin case.

 

[5th Letter]

so u think macklemore blowing up eventually means no more artists like j. cole on the radio? thats ridiculous. if thats the cause it woulda been a wrap YEARS ago

Of course established artists are gonna eat on urban radio. But if you a new artist and you don't have that sound. Then you're shit outta luck. Wait til this current trap sound phases out and it gets replaced with "can't hold us" and "thrift shop" sounding records. Macklemore is just the beginning.

u gotta be trolling bruh u better than this, theres room for plenty of different sounds on the radio if they choose to play it, niggas cant get mad cuz they favorite rapper can rap they ass of but dont have enough talent as an artist to make a song to get on the radio and be themselves in it at the same damn time, macklemore aint the beginning of shit, nelly came with a popish sounding style of rap and nothing changed, aint stop lil jon from gettin on the radio with his crunk shit, luda from gettin on the radio wit his rap shit, tip from gettin on it with his trap shit, d4l with they snap shit, and so on..

There is room to play different variety of hip hop records but the radio clearly chooses not to. Getting your song on the radio doesn't mean you're more talented so stop it. Say what you want about D4L, TI, Luda, Lil Jon and Nelly. But they're hip hop and they made hip hop music. What Macklemore is doing is no different than what the Black Eyed Peas did 10 years ago but it was considered pop.

 

[5th Letter]

I hope y'all don't complain when your favorite upcoming rapper can't get on because the radio is infiltrated with a bunch of Macklemore sounding motherfuckers. If y'all don't see the writing in the wall and what Macklemore blowing up means then y'all gonna be in for a rude awakening.

There's people that say this shit every time something comes out they don't like. Half you niggas were on here swearing Kreyshawn would lead to 9 thousand white girls rapping going platinum and we saw where that shit went.

This has been a slow transition and there might not have been "9 thousand white girls rapping" but you got Macklemore popping right now. Shit aint gonna happen overnight bruh.

 

[5th Letter]

I hope y'all don't complain when your favorite upcoming rapper can't get on because the radio is infiltrated with a bunch of Macklemore sounding motherfuckers. If y'all don't see the writing in the wall and what Macklemore blowing up means then y'all gonna be in for a rude awakening.

wait you can't access your favorite rappers on datpiff, youtube and i tunes? The radio is already infiltrated with all types of rappers that are just as lame or lamer than macklemore. I just used logic and find ways to listen to my favorite artists.

Like I said in another post there are people that get the latest music from the radio. I think it's safe to say that everybody on here can access whatever song they want. We're on the IC and everyday someone is posting new music.

 

[MeekMonizzLLLLLLe14]

so u think macklemore blowing up eventually means no more artists like j. cole on the radio? thats ridiculous. if thats the cause it woulda been a wrap YEARS ago

Of course established artists are gonna eat on urban radio. But if you a new artist and you don't have that sound. Then you're shit outta luck. Wait til this current trap sound phases out and it gets replaced with "can't hold us" and "thrift shop" sounding records. Macklemore is just the beginning.

u gotta be trolling bruh u better than this, theres room for plenty of different sounds on the radio if they choose to play it, niggas cant get mad cuz they favorite rapper can rap they ass of but dont have enough talent as an artist to make a song to get on the radio and be themselves in it at the same damn time, macklemore aint the beginning of shit, nelly came with a popish sounding style of rap and nothing changed, aint stop lil jon from gettin on the radio with his crunk shit, luda from gettin on the radio wit his rap shit, tip from gettin on it with his trap shit, d4l with they snap shit, and so on..

There is room to play different variety of hip hop records but the radio clearly chooses not to. Getting your song on the radio doesn't mean you're more talented so stop it. Say what you want about D4L, TI, Luda, Lil Jon and Nelly. But they're hip hop and they made hip hop music. What Macklemore is doing is no different than what the Black Eyed Peas did 10 years ago but it was considered pop.

again who gives a fuck what is played on the radio tho? unless you are trying to get a job in mainstream radio or already work there there is no need to play it. Macklemore aint any more different than starships being played on the radio. But again not listening to the radio is very easy. Say what you want about crunk music but hip hop urban raido been pop.

But again in this era of hip hop you have hella rappers making guap and selling mixtapes and albums without being on the radio. Joey Badass not on the radio and neither is ab soul but they still touring and gunna most likely sell out or fill 90% most venues they go to. Krit not on the radio and of all artists he getting to hop on tour with macklemore.

The biggest thing people are sleeping on in hip hop is real hip hop artists can tour/sellout shows but not have 1 song on radio. I have been preaching this when people say we losing to country or rock or whatever. The 10th hottest country/pop/rock artist can't headline a national tour. But you got guys in hip hop never been near a radio selling out ball rooms and college gyms. That is what makes hip hop intriguing at this venure in music.

 

[MarcusGarvey]

Isn't there an article back in the day that said the Roots and their label had to put up $750k to have their only mainstream hit You Got Me. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I don't put anything pass these fuckers.

 

[BobOblah]

I respect his independent hustle. But I dont respect what he did a the VMAs last night. He pushed "gays have the same struggles as blacks" on mainstream outlet.

I can't stand that shit

 

[5th Letter]

You don't get the point. Obviously you can just turn off the radio and use your iPod or iPhone etc. This is about the fact that hip hop is slowly being integrated and white washed and pop music/pop acts being passed off as "hip hop" that is setting a bad tone. Even when rappers made commercial music it was still hip hop. Biggies Hyptnotized was commercial but it was still hip hop. This Macklemore garbage is pop being passes off as hip hop and we're gonna continue to get more of this stuff in the future.

 

[MeekMonizzLLLLLLe14]

I hope y'all don't complain when your favorite upcoming rapper can't get on because the radio is infiltrated with a bunch of Macklemore sounding motherfuckers. If y'all don't see the writing in the wall and what Macklemore blowing up means then y'all gonna be in for a rude awakening.

wait you can't access your favorite rappers on datpiff, youtube and i tunes? The radio is already infiltrated with all types of rappers that are just as lame or lamer than macklemore. I just used logic and find ways to listen to my favorite artists.

Like I said in another post there are people that get the latest music from the radio. I think it's safe to say that everybody on here can access whatever song they want. We're on the IC and everyday someone is posting new music.

Yes but even the people who listen to the radio nowadays are on youtube/datpiff/livemixtapes etc. As we saw the IC is one of many hip hop sites looking at that complex article. Going even deeper this "only in the IC" mentality while true at times is somewhat not true. Whle the IC has certain jokes/biased opinion on some artists etc. the depth of finding underground artists is becoming more mainstream.

By that i mean yeah we find out about certain rappers through the IC but many hip hop fans are finding out about those same rappers through other mediums. Why can you go to a big krit of danny brown show in Boston and see that shit packed with white people? For some of these underground artists people outside the IC know more about them than we do lol. Im not sure how old you are Jamaica but its safe to say people outside the IC ages 14-25 can at times find music at the same rates if not better than we can.

Shit my lil bro be finding leaks a few hours before the IC finds em and we know some cats be literally on they shit in hear with leaks on the internet. And my lil bro doesn't go on hip hop forums just reads news on blogs and sites.

 

[sully]

To be honest, websites like reddit is kinda where a new artists can build a solid buzz to start off from....

All you need to do is get to the top of the frontpage of /r/hiphopheads just once, and you've got over 100,000 people exposed to your music, and a bunch of little faggots that are going to search out everything about you on the internet and talk about it like you're a meme.

If I were an artist, that's where i'd start from. And if you go there, you'd see a lot of people posting their soundclouds and shit and saying dumb, faggy shit like "just discovered this new artist from buttfuck, oregan! He's dope, check him out".

Boom...100,000+ views on youtube for your shitty little song, with faggot kids posting comments under the video, and all of a sudden, it gains traction.

Thankfully, i'm not an artist. I'm a scientist. I don't make music, I evaluate the behaviours of the shitty, spoiled, rich kids that buy it.

 

[5th Letter]

I hope y'all don't complain when your favorite upcoming rapper can't get on because the radio is infiltrated with a bunch of Macklemore sounding motherfuckers. If y'all don't see the writing in the wall and what Macklemore blowing up means then y'all gonna be in for a rude awakening.

wait you can't access your favorite rappers on datpiff, youtube and i tunes? The radio is already infiltrated with all types of rappers that are just as lame or lamer than macklemore. I just used logic and find ways to listen to my favorite artists.

Like I said in another post there are people that get the latest music from the radio. I think it's safe to say that everybody on here can access whatever song they want. We're on the IC and everyday someone is posting new music.

Yes but even the people who listen to the radio nowadays are on youtube/datpiff/livemixtapes etc. As we saw the IC is one of many hip hop sites looking at that complex article. Going even deeper this "only in the IC" mentality while true at times is somewhat not true. Whle the IC has certain jokes/biased opinion on some artists etc. the depth of finding underground artists is becoming more mainstream.

By that i mean yeah we find out about certain rappers through the IC but many hip hop fans are finding out about those same rappers through other mediums. Why can you go to a big krit of danny brown show in Boston and see that shit packed with white people? For some of these underground artists people outside the IC know more about them than we do lol. Im not sure how old you are Jamaica but its safe to say people outside the IC ages 14-25 can at times find music at the same rates if not better than we can.

Shit my lil bro be finding leaks a few hours before the IC finds em and we know some cats be literally on they shit in hear with leaks on the internet. And my lil bro doesn't go on hip hop forums just reads news on blogs and sites.

Nothing you said is wrong but what you're not getting is that there is a large portion of people that don't go on datpiff.com etc to discover new artists. So they listen to the radio to get the latest music. This is not about people like us that frequent a hip hop website and is up on all the latest news and music. There is a reason why radio stations still do a million listeners despite the advancements in technology. The radio is still an effective marketing tool.

 

[hnic1978]

All anybody is saying is that he sucks and he isn't hip hop. I don't know what you're even talking about. Other white rappers get props. Action Bronson is dope and he makes hip hop. Macklemore does not make hip hop.

do you know what hip hop is, do you know the difference between hip hop music and rap music????? Do you realize at one point fresh prince, salt n pepper, tribe call quest, etc.. made "fun songs/hip hop music similiar to what macklemore does now???

what hell you know about hip hop, you getting bent out of shape cuz dude exhibits some success, does not follow no trend and from what i can tell is actually liked by his peepers in hip hop, and his peepers are majority black..go sit down some where

if u dont like his music then fine, but it's more not about hip hop if your ass brings up his skin color..u lost for lack of musical intelligences.

Rap music is apart of the culture known as hip hop. There is no separate entity known as hip hop music and rap music. He doesn't suck because of his skin color there are plenty of dope white rappers on the scene now. He sucks because his rhymes are wack and he doesn't even make hip hop music. He's a culture vulture.

Can you please give the definiton of a culture vulture cuz i can give that title to a bunch of current rappers before Mackelmore

People that steal ideas from something and bastardized it without truly giving a fuck about it.

yep I can definitely give that to a bunch of people before Macklemore. Maybe Mackelmore is doing the music he knows how to do. Every rapper is not DJ Premier, Mannie Fresh, Jus Blaze type rappers but does that make their music anymore fake than most of the shit we hear out here currently????

 

[hnic1978]

Just some white MC's that shit on Macklemore

Eternia- 32 Bars


Jo Jo Pelligrino- Where I'm From


Brother Ali- Uncle Sam Goddamn


Copywrite- Cremation


RA Rugged Man- Uncommon Valor


Diabolic- I Don't Wanna Rhyme

You know whats funny, if ANY of them blow, we are gonna shit on them to because we will say the reason they are blowing up is because their white.

 

[5th Letter]

I don't care if he wants to make music about gays and shopping at the Salvation Army. My beef isn't really with him per say. My beef is that he's being pushed as hip hop when he's clearly not hip hop. And since he's being pushed as hip hop then his brand of music is of the culture vulture variety.

 

[MeekMonizzLLLLLLe14]

I hope y'all don't complain when your favorite upcoming rapper can't get on because the radio is infiltrated with a bunch of Macklemore sounding motherfuckers. If y'all don't see the writing in the wall and what Macklemore blowing up means then y'all gonna be in for a rude awakening.

wait you can't access your favorite rappers on datpiff, youtube and i tunes? The radio is already infiltrated with all types of rappers that are just as lame or lamer than macklemore. I just used logic and find ways to listen to my favorite artists.

Like I said in another post there are people that get the latest music from the radio. I think it's safe to say that everybody on here can access whatever song they want. We're on the IC and everyday someone is posting new music.

Yes but even the people who listen to the radio nowadays are on youtube/datpiff/livemixtapes etc. As we saw the IC is one of many hip hop sites looking at that complex article. Going even deeper this "only in the IC" mentality while true at times is somewhat not true. Whle the IC has certain jokes/biased opinion on some artists etc. the depth of finding underground artists is becoming more mainstream.

By that i mean yeah we find out about certain rappers through the IC but many hip hop fans are finding out about those same rappers through other mediums. Why can you go to a big krit of danny brown show in Boston and see that shit packed with white people? For some of these underground artists people outside the IC know more about them than we do lol. Im not sure how old you are Jamaica but its safe to say people outside the IC ages 14-25 can at times find music at the same rates if not better than we can.

Shit my lil bro be finding leaks a few hours before the IC finds em and we know some cats be literally on they shit in hear with leaks on the internet. And my lil bro doesn't go on hip hop forums just reads news on blogs and sites.

Nothing you said is wrong but what you're not getting is that there is a large portion of people that don't go on datpiff.com etc to discover new artists. So they listen to the radio to get the latest music. This is not about people like us that frequent a hip hop website and is up on all the latest news and music. There is a reason why radio stations still do a million listeners despite the advancements in technology. The radio is still an effective marketing tool.

But now its a blurred line between how effective radio is at marketing. Did someone first see thrift shop because of a youtube video on facebook or because they heard it on the radio? 9 times outta 10 the song is heard on youtube now. People keep the radio on as background music now but go to social media to find the lastest music. But now a song that might not hit the radio could still get 3 million views in a week. People habitually listen to the radio which gets the traffic of viewers but people are more tuned into a video shared over social media than the radio.

A majority of people claim to listen to everything so every genre radio is going to have more pop or mainstream sound for background music. But when people want to"tune in" and search for the lastest music they won't search radio they will get a link from social media. But the crazy thing is that "link" to whats in used to be just the radio so it was limited to what clear channel played. But now that link from a friend could be big krit or RA the rugged man or sweatshirt earl or whatever that cats name was. And right now to even mainstream listen to everything listeners.

a youtube link > radio spins as far as finding music.

 

[5th Letter]

I first heard Thrift Shop on the radio as did probably thousands of others. You're really downplaying the fact that radio is still for a lot of people the go too thing in order to discover music.

 

[Peezy_Jenkins]

so u think macklemore blowing up eventually means no more artists like j. cole on the radio? thats ridiculous. if thats the cause it woulda been a wrap YEARS ago

Of course established artists are gonna eat on urban radio. But if you a new artist and you don't have that sound. Then you're shit outta luck. Wait til this current trap sound phases out and it gets replaced with "can't hold us" and "thrift shop" sounding records. Macklemore is just the beginning.

u gotta be trolling bruh u better than this, theres room for plenty of different sounds on the radio if they choose to play it, niggas cant get mad cuz they favorite rapper can rap they ass of but dont have enough talent as an artist to make a song to get on the radio and be themselves in it at the same damn time, macklemore aint the beginning of shit, nelly came with a popish sounding style of rap and nothing changed, aint stop lil jon from gettin on the radio with his crunk shit, luda from gettin on the radio wit his rap shit, tip from gettin on it with his trap shit, d4l with they snap shit, and so on..

There is room to play different variety of hip hop records but the radio clearly chooses not to. Getting your song on the radio doesn't mean you're more talented so stop it. Say what you want about D4L, TI, Luda, Lil Jon and Nelly. But they're hip hop and they made hip hop music. What Macklemore is doing is no different than what the Black Eyed Peas did 10 years ago but it was considered pop.

right, thats my point, they did wat they did, pitbull doin what he doing, flo-rida been doin it since 07 now macklemore, a few niggas they play with a popish sound mixed in with j. cole, kendrick, krit, t.i., jay z, and plenty of other hip hop...if black eyed peas wasnt the "beginning" of a POP TAKEOVER, then it aint gon be none, just stop bruh...

 

[5th Letter]

so u think macklemore blowing up eventually means no more artists like j. cole on the radio? thats ridiculous. if thats the cause it woulda been a wrap YEARS ago

Of course established artists are gonna eat on urban radio. But if you a new artist and you don't have that sound. Then you're shit outta luck. Wait til this current trap sound phases out and it gets replaced with "can't hold us" and "thrift shop" sounding records. Macklemore is just the beginning.

u gotta be trolling bruh u better than this, theres room for plenty of different sounds on the radio if they choose to play it, niggas cant get mad cuz they favorite rapper can rap they ass of but dont have enough talent as an artist to make a song to get on the radio and be themselves in it at the same damn time, macklemore aint the beginning of shit, nelly came with a popish sounding style of rap and nothing changed, aint stop lil jon from gettin on the radio with his crunk shit, luda from gettin on the radio wit his rap shit, tip from gettin on it with his trap shit, d4l with they snap shit, and so on..

There is room to play different variety of hip hop records but the radio clearly chooses not to. Getting your song on the radio doesn't mean you're more talented so stop it. Say what you want about D4L, TI, Luda, Lil Jon and Nelly. But they're hip hop and they made hip hop music. What Macklemore is doing is no different than what the Black Eyed Peas did 10 years ago but it was considered pop.

right, thats my point, they did wat they did, pitbull doin what he doing, flo-rida been doin it since 07 now macklemore, a few niggas they play with a popish sound mixed in with j. cole, kendrick, krit, t.i., jay z, and plenty of other hip hop...if black eyed peas wasnt the "beginning" of a POP TAKEOVER, then it aint gon be none, just stop bruh...

Flo Rida and Pitbull don't get spins on urban radio. They mostly cater to the pop audience. Macklemore does not make hip hop music yet he's considered hip hop. I may dislike 2 Chainz and guys of his ilk but he's hip hop.

 

[poindexter2]

I hope y'all don't complain when your favorite upcoming rapper can't get on because the radio is infiltrated with a bunch of Macklemore sounding motherfuckers. If y'all don't see the writing in the wall and what Macklemore blowing up means then y'all gonna be in for a rude awakening.

won't happen. The zionist faction in the industry has to market black ignorance to the masses in order to keep the narrative going on about your stereotypical hip-hop fan.